Scott Gordon

"Scott Gordon describes his artwork as a form of alchemy. He often finds raw materials on the street or among someone’s discards and shapes them into mixed media assemblage and collage pieces with new meaning. 'Ultimately, they are about magic: the magic of discovery and rebirth,' states Gordon. Gordon’s studio at the WAV in Ventura [Gordon is currently based out of California] is filled with assemblage pieces, finished and in progress, as well as collages. An eclectic assortment of objects: rusted metal pieces, discarded toys, game pieces, tickets, shells, unusual glass shapes, papers of all sorts, await their reincarnation. 'I am a big trash collector. ... In my mind nothing is above being thrown into art,' he says. Gordon didn’t discover art until college. 'I happened to take some design classes and really liked them and then took a painting class and I was hooked,' states Gordon. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in painting at CSU Northridge, while working full time as a computer analyst. While living in Houston, Texas, he started journaling and pasting papers in his journals. 'That is how I discovered collage,' he says. On the collages, he often paints over the pieces of paper. 'I find they are more successful when you can see little things peeking through. In my mind it makes me want to walk up and peer into this and try to unravel it,' states Gordon." - Nicole D'amore, Ventura County Star 2/5/15

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Scott Gordon, "those who insist", 2017, mixed media, i.s. 7 x 5" / f.s. 15 1/4 x 12 1/4"

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Scott Gordon, " document #1", 2012, mixed media collage, f.s. 15 1/4 x 12 1/4" / i.s. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4"

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Scott Gordon, "document #7", 2013, mixed media collage, f.s. 15 1/4 x 12 1/4" / i.s. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4"

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Scott Gordon, "document #8", 2013, mixed media collage, f.s. 15 1/4 x 12 1/4" / i.s. 7 1/8 x 5 1/8"

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Scott Gordon, "document #9", 2013, mixed media collage, f.s. 15 1/4 x 12 1/4" / i.s. 7 1/4 x 5"

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Scott Gordon, "document #11", 2013, mixed media collage, f.s. 15 1/4 x 12 1/4" / i.s. 7 x 5"

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Scott Gordon, "document #12", 2013, mixed media collage, f.s. 15 1/4 x 12 1/4" / i.s. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4"

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Scott Gordon, "document #3", 2012, mixed media collage, f.s. 15 1/4 x 12 1/4" / i.s. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4"

document #5

document #5, 2012, mixed media collage, f.s. 15 1/4 x 12 1/4" / i.s. 7 1/8 x 5 1/8"

sentinel

sentinel, 2014, assemblage, 12 1/2 x 7 x 3 1/2"

Monarch

Monarch, 2014, assemblage, 9 x 12 x 2"

number 4

number 4, 2004, collage on board, 7 3/8 x 5 5/8"

number 8

number 8, 2004, acrylic, found paper collage on museum board, 6 1/4 x 4 3/4"

number 21

number 21, 2004, acrylic, found paper collage on museum board, 6 1/4 x 4 1/2"

number 27

number 27, 2004, acrylic, found paper collage on museum board, 6 1/4 x 4 1/2"

number 30

number 30, 2004, acrylic, found paper collage on museum board, 8 x 6"

number 41

number 41, 2004, acrylic, found paper collage on museum board, 9 5/8 x 7 1/2"

from the dust of time

from the dust of time, 2009, mixed media collage on museum board, 20 1/4 x 16 3/4"

in the moonshine

in the moonshine, 2010, mixed media collage on museum board, 13 1/2 x 11"

Candy Girl 4

Candy Girl 4, 2007, acrylic on board, 8 x 6"

Candy Girl 7

Candy Girl 7, 2007, acrylic on board, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2"

Comes The Night

Comes The Night, 2007, acrylic on museum board, 12 1/2 x 14 1/2"

Document #6

Document #6, 2013, mixed media collage, f.s. 15 1/4 x 12 1/4" / i.s. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4"

Only Time Will Tell

Only Time Will Tell, 2005, acrylic, found paper collage on museum board, 15 x 14"

question

question, 2003, mixed media collage on museum board, 8 1/4 x 6"

Simple Arithmetic

Simple Arithmetic, 2006, acrylic collage on museum board, 18 1/2 x 16"

stonehead

stonehead, 2010, mixed media collage on museum board, 13 1/2 x 10"

Turnabout

Turnabout, 2006, acrylic on board, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2"

Your Eyes Fill Me

Your Eyes Fill Me, 2007, acrylic collage on museum board, 17 1/2 x 14 1/2"

in the shadow of doubt

in the shadow of doubt, 2007, mixed media collage, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2

untitled 2

untitled 2, 2007, mixed media collage, 11 1/2 x 9"

the wiggle of a worm

the wiggle of a worm, 2007, mixed media collage, 17 1/2 x 14"